Bluing device.



No. amg/#5j PATENTBD 13mg, 1907. M, P. Woon. BLUING nvro.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. 1905.

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MINARD F. WOOD, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BLUING nEvroE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dees, 1907.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

,Be it known that-I, MINARD F. WOOD, a

citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bluing Devices, of which the following is a specification.A

This invention relates to improvements in l bluing devices for use in bluing rinsing water l in the process of washing clothes.

The object of the invention is to provide a bluing device which is simple and effective f in construction and adapted to be operated y l `without soiling'the hands, clothes, or surrounding objects, and which will diffuse the coloring material Without sediment and liafz bility of spotting the clothes, and insures convenience and economy in the use of the bluing material.

l` :A further ob'ect of the invention is to ro- :vide a bluing device wherein the hand e is A -made to subserve the function of a storage chamber or reservolr 1n' which a desired quantity of the bluing material in any preferred form may be kept for use, so that the bluing holder may be conveniently replenished when occasion requires.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating I the invention,-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bluing device embodying` my invention; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 1 represents a handle,

prefera ly of wood and of ordinary form and provided at its forward end with a chamber or socket 2, the wall of which is stayed and .reinforced by a'metallic ferrule 3. The said 40 socket 2 receives the supporting stem or shank 4 of the bluing holder or receptacle, which stem ,or shank 1s formed by the intertwisted inner ends of diverging wire spring arms 5 and 6 and is fastened in practice in said socket in 'any preferred marmer. The

arms 6 above the intertwisted ends is curved outwardly as shown at 5', which serves to ive said arms a springing action when the 1m lement is opened or closed. The arms 5 an 6, respectively, carry the sections 7 and 8 of a bluing holder or receptacle, each of which referably consists of an annular body forme of sheet metal and closed at its outer side by a strainer diaphragm 9 of cloth, wire or any other suitable material which will permit fre-e inlet of the water to the. receptacle and free diffusion of the coloring material and retain all particles of abnormal size which are liable to spot the clothes.

The sections 7 and 8 of the receptacle are suitably fixed to the sprin arms 5 and 6 and are adapted to be normay forcedapart'or held open thereby, the inner end of one receptacle being made somewhat smaller than the inner end of the other .receptacle and'is provided with a surrounding stop, flange 17 so that the two will closely lfit together, when the spring arms are compressed to bring them in engaging relation the flange 17 serving to prevent inward movement of the section 8 into the section 7. A sli ring or compressor' 10 engages the arms an is adapted when 'moved outwardly and inwardly thereon to force the receptacle sections closed and permit them to open in an obvious manner.A The ferrule -3 reinforces the socket to prevent any liability of break-V4 age of the wall thereof from strain under pressure from the stem 4`when the device is in use or accidentally struck against an interfering object. v

Secured to the upper ends of the arms 5 and 6 are reinforces 16 which in turn are secured to the peripheries of the holders 7 and 8. The reinforces 4add strength to the holders and also prevent the detachment of thearms'therefrom by constant use of the device. i

The handle 1 is longitudinally cored to receive a magazine tube 11 having a closed inner end 12 and an outwardly projecting threaded end 13 adapted to receive 'aclosing screw'cap 14 carrying an eye or suspension device 15 ofany suitable character to adapt the device to be suspended from a suitable support when not in use. Bluing material in the form of disks or cubes or in any other preferred form may be stored in the magazine 11 for use as occasion requires. It will thus be seen that a supply of the bluing material may be stored in the bluing device in such manner as to be protected from deterioration or injury, and the size of the magazine will permit of the storage of enough of the bluing material therein to supply a family of ordinary size for along period.

It will be apparent that the device may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost, and its manifold ladvantages will be. readily appreciated.

to permit ofsecuiing the upper ends of the arms to the holders, one of the holders having a surrounding peripheral stop Han e, and a compressor slidably mounted on t e arms, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MINARD F. WOOD.

VVitnessesz THOMAS J. DAvIs, VAN R. Woon.- 

